NASA Photo ID: S91-44808 File Name: 10065024.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 08/27/91
Title: STS-48 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, at KSC LC Pad 39A
Description:
STS-48 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, its external tank (ET), and two
solid rocket boosters (SRBs) have arrived at Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A. The crawler transporter has positioned the
mobile launcher platform along side the fixed service structure (FSS) and
in front of the retracted rotating service structure (RSS) in preparation
for its launch in mid-September. The scene is reflected in a nearby
waterway. View provided by KSC with alternate KSC number KSC-91PC-1471.
Subject terms:
CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX
DISCOVERY (ORBITER)
EXTERNAL TANKS
FLORIDA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LAUNCHING PADS
REFLECTION
SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS
STS-48
TOWERS
WATERWAYS
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